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This Guy Shot 50,000 Pics to Make an 81MP Photo of the Moon (2 Pics)

Check out this incredible photo of the moon. It may look like it was captured using some ultra-advanced (and expensive) equipment, but it was actually created by astrophotography enthusiastAndrew McCarthyby capturing and combining 50,000 photos.

“The lit side of the moon was processed using 25 ’tiles’ that were stitched together in Photoshop,” the photographer tells PetaPixel. “Each ’tile’ was a stack of the best 50% of 2000 images captured with the ZWO.”

The stars and the dark portion of the moon were captured with the Sony a7 II.

“The dark side is around 13 tiles, each with the best of around 50 images,” McCarthy says. “The stars were captured with a stack of 50 shots with the Sony.”

The stacks were blended using AutoStakkert!, and McCarthy then turned to Photoshop to process and stitch together the photo.

“A lot of selective masking, histogram stretching, and contrast adjustments were necessary to get the look I wanted,” he says.